White House ‘wall’ repels Syrian rebel leaders

The Washington Times | Gracy Howard | Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Almost every quote below is misquote, or taken out of context. But, for the “historical record of things,” here it is.  

Syrian opposition leaders fear President Obama’s re-election campaign has taken precedence over their country’s humanitarian crisis, according to a delegation that visited Washington, D.C., last week.

Representatives from the Syrian National Council, Syria’s largest rebel alliance, and Kurdish opposition leaders met members of Congress and the State Department, but say they hit a “wall” at the White House. Continue reading “White House ‘wall’ repels Syrian rebel leaders”

Getting Serious on Syria

American Enerprise Institute – Getting serious on Syria: Can we close the Assad era without opening a can of worms? With a keynote address by Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.)

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Syria: Civilians in Homs Trapped While UN Runs

Quoted by Rhonda Parker, Examiner.com

Syrian in exile and Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies out of Washington D.C., Ammar Abdulhamid, has been calling for more active international intervention in Syria, and added another addendum in his Syrian Revolution Digest Syria report last night. Continue reading “Syria: Civilians in Homs Trapped While UN Runs”

What Will It Take to Convince Putin to Change Course?

Quoted by The Philadelphia Inquirer

Syrian opposition activists tell me that the Russian Embassy in Washington has scheduled several meetings with different factions of the external opposition. “The Russians offer power-sharing with Assad,” says a leading Syrian human-rights and pro-democracy activist, Ammar Abdulhamid. “They want to push the opposition to talk to the regime.”

Abdulhamid said Russian Embassy officials “told opposition activists: ‘The Americans won’t help you. You had better come to us.’ “